The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-09
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

Earrings are again much worn but they
are ofan uuohtrusive character in size.
Green pervades all sorts of fabrics and
is ever present in all millinery fabrics for
the early fall.
Velvet is still the standard material
for dressy millinery, and several novel
ties are shown.
The checks in new colors are quite
stylish and are to be fabric much liked
by young girls.
There are many mixed fabrics for outer
wraps this season, many of them quite
bright and pretty.
Embroidered velvet is used for the
corsages of many plain gowns, giving
dressy effects simply.
Sleeves to cut garments arc less tight
than usual, and in some stylish garments
they are wide at the wrist.
Bonnets of soft, pliable felt are made
on frame in folds and plaits in man
ner similar to those of cloth
Front bands or draped panels appear
upon many of the new dresses in place of
the side panels so long in vogue.
Among the new wooden dress materials
are very dark diagonals of rough surfaces
which have various colors blended.
Many of the new ostrich tips are
changeable, or else speckled with a
darker shade on contrasting color.
Wide galloons and braids are generally
used. Two colors are sometimes woven
in these trimmings with good effect
An Eckford (Mich.) young lady raked
102 acres of stubble in week, besides
taking lessons in ,locution and music.
The new beaded galloons for millinery
uses are in open designs, and spaugles
and tinsel cords are often combined with
the beads.
Young women of Waterbury, Conn.,,
have organized a pedestrian club, and
they take a walk Of several miles each
morning.
Goose quill feathers are used on the
sides of round hats and are stylish trim
ming. The only other addition is the
velvet band.
Coats of fine, smooth cloth are usually
made single e-breasted, but double breasted
fronts are seen upon garments of rough
Scotch tweed.
Girdes made of passementerie links,
ropes of beads or of fur, particularly seal
skin, are likely to rival those of silver
now so extensively worn.
The crowns of the newest bonnets are
longer than of late, and are not indent-
ed at the ends. Many have long pointed
poke fronts, filed in with a slight face
trimming.
Mrs. Moore, 'the sweet singer of
Michigan" is now veritabe woman of
letters, being in charge of post-oiiice in
the Peninsular District of that State
She is an intelligent woman of middle
age.
Beads will again be used as garni,
ture for bonnets Galloons and passe-
menteries in fine Jets, and also in all
colors, are placed fiat along the brim and
crown in rows, or else in the space be-
tween.
Revers of the dress material are seen
upon many of the new cloth costumes,
and these are partly covered with silk or
velvet, the dress goods extending beyond
the silk and being stitched in rows or
decorated with narrow braid.
The late Mrs. Anna Paul Hendricks of
Madison, Iowa, was the wife of the first
Governor of that State. He was at one
time United States Senator, and she rode
to Washington on horseback with him
and sat by his side in Congress.
According to Partisan fashion rules,
the favorite flower Of the owner should
always decorate her handkerchief.
Widows should only use lilac muslin
ornamented with dark blue scabious bios
soms-the emblem of mourning bride.
| For winter house dresses or for street
wear under very long cloaks, cloth or
camel's hair will be made up with
/ round waist and single skirt, the latter
having deep border of fur, which is
| chosen to match the color of the mate
rial.
/ Long, straight polonaises will be fea-
ture of the winter street costumes made
of heavy fabrics. These are cut very
full, with fiat plaits behind, are not
caught up on the hips, and slope away
toward the sides to show the rich mate
rial of the skirt beneath.
Tailor-made jackets are made Of fine
corkscrew diagonals OF Meltons, and very
elaborately braided with the same color
as the cloth, or in mixed braids, or with
tinsel intermixed with the prevailing
color. Gold braid or cord is sometimes
used upon vests or revers.
Mrs. L. f. Badly, of California, who
is member of the Woman's Silk Culture
Association of the United Stotes, is
about to establish colony of silk cul-
turists in Maryland. A tract of 100
acres near Odenton will be divided
among ten colonists, and by next spring
spring it is expected that the experiment
will be under way.